Articles Posted on 18 March 2009
Symantec changes tack on Ask relationship
News Security
Follow-up from a prior post on the subject, Rowan Trollope, Symantec senior veep posted something on the subject: Safe Search updateI’ve seen the negative feedback here in the forum regarding Norton Safe Search, and have...
Beware IBM! Cisco Could Buy Sun Microsystems
News Hardware
Chances are that Cisco, another cash-rich technology giant, could well swoop in before IBM makes up its mind and buy Sun Microsystems. Sun 's share value shot through the roof earlier today, gaining nearly 79 percent and...
Apple Sold 30 Million iPhones, iPod Touch Since Launch
News Mobile & Telco
One figure that stood out yesterday during the release of the iPhone OS 3.0 was the 30 million iPhones and iPod Touch devices out in the market. Detailed figures show that more than 17 million iPhones and 13 million iPod Touch...
Irish Isps Reject Music Industry's File-Sharer Demands
News Security
Irish internet service providers (ISPs) have rejected claims that they are responsible for users' copyright infringement. They have said that their operations are protected by law.The ISP Association of Ireland has said that...
Mozilla Firefox Mobile Hits Beta, Available For Download
News Software
Mozilla's answer to Opera Mini (and a host of other mobile browsers) has reached beta status and is already available for download as Fennec 1.0 Beta 1. The browser is available for use only on Nokia N810 for now and according to...
Twitter To Introduce Text Column Adverts Soon?
News Software
Micro blogging website Twitter has quietly started to roll out text advertising formats on the right hand side of the profile page, currently limiting them to in-house promotion campaigns. Amongst them are Twitter search...
UK Mobile Phone Users Highly Vulnerable To ID Theft
News Mobile & Telco
A survey conducted by end point security company Credant Technologies found that an overwhelming majority of UK mobile phone users do not apply even basic mobile phone security procedures. The research carried out at the main...
IBM Could Buy Sun Microsystems For $6.5 billion
News Software
Rumours of the impending acquisition of Sun Microsystems by IBM have sent the price of the company stocks soaring reaching $8.40 in pre-market trading, a far cry of the $4.97 at close yesterday. Many expect Sun Microsystems'...
Facebook Partners With Visa Business Network To Give Away $100 Ad Coupons
News Security
Social Networking website Facebook is teaming up with Visa Business Network and is giving away $100 advertising coupons to businesses that have or plan to advertise on Facebook. Interested parties can get hold of the voucher by...
3 Slashes the cost of Mobile Broadband to £1 per GB
News Mobile & Telco
Mobile phone network 3 has stepped up its broadband promotion by slashing the cost of its cheapest dongle to less than £20 using a time-limited online discount voucher. The ZTE MF627 USB Modem can now be purchased for as...
BT Giving Out Free Phone with Unlimited UK Evening and Weekend Calls Contract
News Mobile & Telco
BT is offering a free BT Synergy 4500 Digital Cordless Telephone Answering Machine worth £58.70 to the first 10,000 new eligible residential customers who sign up for 12 months to Unlimited Evening & Weekend...
£249.99 Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Unlocked
News Mobile & Telco
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is the first full touch screen mobile phone from Nokia thanks to a 3.2 inch touchscreen. Virgin Media has stopped selling the Nokia 5800 smartphone for £181 as advertised last...
UK Kids Spend 43.5 Hrs Per Month Surfing The Web
News Security
Parents in UK confirmed their status as one of Europe's worst as a significant proportion doesn't even know how many hours their kids spend on average on the web or what kind of content their children are exposed to. According to...
iPhone 3.0 keeps Apple in the mobile game
News Software
Apple’s iPhone 3G was starting to look quite lame in comparison with the Nokia 5800 and the launch of Samsung’s Omnia HD, Toshiba’s TG01, Sony Ericsson’s Idou and especially the Palm Pre. The...
Apple App Store Reaches 25,000 Apps, 800 Million Downloads
News Mobile & Telco
Tucked in yesterday's iPhone OS 3.0 event was data Apple released about how the health of the App Store and how the future is shaping up for the mobile platform. Microsoft, Google, Symbian, RIM and Palm now have a mountain to...
UK Startup Launch Super Fast Downloading Game Service
News Hardware
Taking all the agonies out of the time-consuming game downloading processes, a UK company called Awomo has unleashed a new technology which lets gamers to start playing the game while downloading it. Since a majority of...
T-Mobile Introduces Instant Push Email Service
News Mobile & Telco
Sprucing up its offerings in web services on mobile networks, T-Mobile has come up with a new instant email service letting users to access their email accounts directly by using their mobile handsets. The new service,...
Ofcom To Act On Phone Mis-selling Practices
News Security
UK telecoms watchdog Ofcom is ready to come up with set of rules to take on mis-selling practices, such as “slamming”, by landline firms that trigger thousands of complaints in a month. Proposed to be enforced...
£117.92 Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit DVD OEM (Single Pack)
News Consumer
Microsoft Windows Vista is designed to dramatically improve the computing experience of every kind of PC user - from people at home who use their PCs for simple web browsing, to business people who must organize and act on large...
£409.99 HP 6735S, AMD Turion X2 Dual core mobile CPU RM-72 2.1Ghz 4GB 800DDR2
News Hardware
Financially Smart. AMD Business Class solutions, Wi-Fi Certified WLAN options and an impressive combination of mobile office features make the newly-designed HP Compaq 6735s Notebook PC an affordable productivity tool.This Laptop...
£159.99 Gateway GT5018 AMD Dual Core desktop PC 1GB 200GB XP Home
News Hardware
Here's a desktop PC that is just perfect for storing lots of digital audio and video files with Microsoft XP Home OS. The Gateway GT5018 desktop has an AMD Athlon 64x2 2.0GHz Dual-Core Processor that lets you send email, download...
£199.99 Dell Vostro 220 Dual Core 2GB 250GB HD Vista Home Premium
News Software
The Vostro 220 Mini Tower is a powerful, secure and reliable desktop solution that’s optimised to meet your business demands, from basic productivity to high performance.You will be hard pushed to find a better bargain than...
